long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to move (house); to change residence
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
it's been a long time; long time no see
(together) with; -wide; including
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial